TIME MANAGEMENT IN TRANSLATION OFFICES
WHAT IS TIME MANAGEMENT?
Time is a concept which has existed since the first moments of humanity. About time concept, we were not as careful as we are today. Because even if the world physically rotated at the same speed, works were proceeding more slowly. Nowadays, thanks to the advancements in technology, works are moving faster and this leads us to pay attention to the concept of time. So, how do we pay attention to time? With our blog post, we will try to find answers to questions such as "How must translation agencies pay attention to time? "
In our lives today, there is a concept called time management in order to evaluate our time more efficiently. What is time management? Shortly, time management is called planned and organized work and living. Within this concept, there exist spending certain hours of the day with certain works. This work could be sleep or things we do day-to-day. As everbody knows, there are 24 hours in a day. In sociology, there is a theory of 3 / 8. According to this rule; there are 8 hours of work, 8 hours of rest or fun, 8 hours of sleep in a day. The basis of this theory, based on the fact that wall workers, who lived in the Victorian era, go on strike to work for 8 hours a day and acquired these demands in 1856. From this point on, sociologists have developed the concept of 8 hours by taking into consideration from different perspective.
TECHNIQUES OF TIME MANAGEMENT
The time management has a lot of different techniques. We can list some of the techniques used by many people as follows:
Pomodoro Technique: The Pomodoro technique, which is one of the most well-known time management techniques, was developed by Francesco Cirillo. In this technique, people work 25 minutes and have a rest 5 minutes. Each time frames are called Pomodoro. After 4 Pomodoros, a long break is provided for 15-20 minutes.
Thanks to this technique, you can quickly get away with 5 minute breaks from almost any factor that confuses your mind during small breaks and creates the danger of disrupting your job and you can go back to work.
Pareto Analysis: It is also known 80-20 rule. According to this rule, you should fulfill 80 percent of the total work within 20 percent time frame. Until the end of your remaining time, you can perform the remaining 20 percent of the work. In this way, your 20 percent work which was completed in the 80 percent time frame will form the majority of your success. Thus, you will have the opportunity to analyze where you spend your time.
Fast Planning Method: It is a planning method that you consider the works according to their importance and give priority to these works. It is developed by Antony Robbins. Thanks to this method, you could plan what you can do next easily.
Do It Tomorrow Technique: In general, planners say "never put off till tomorrow what you can do today". However, it is advised you to perform a work that you prioritize with this technique and to give it more time. With this technique, you can concentrate fully on what you need to do.
These techniques which we listed are among the most known in time management. In an organization, the planners know well which technique to apply at which points and thus they take the necessary steps easily while managing the team. Of course, apart from this, there are professional steps which they use. The biggest pros of the project managers are that they look at the work from outside, they are able to identify which points are hitching easily and they are able to engage disruptive means.
POINTS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE PERFORMING TIME MANAGEMENT
Record your day in a book. It will be useful for you in determining with what you spend most of your time during a day. It will be useful for you in determining the hour in what time you are the most productive. If you manage a team, you can also see how you spend a day with your team.
Pay attention to breaks. Breaks are generally ignored and not cared time frames. However, in one hour, a person's attention can remain on business for at most 40 minutes. Hence, it is quite significant for you and your team to take care of breaks.
Be loyal to your plans. If there is no important developments which would upset your plan during the day, it is significant to remain loyal to your plan for your time management. Therefore, you can reach your goals more quickly and you can comply with the deadline to complete your projects.
TIME MANAGEMENT IN TRANSLATION OFFICES
For translation agencies to be preferred by many institutions and organizations, timely delivery is one of the principal factors. Today, "time is money" is valid. In this context, translation agencies can work with project managers for managing more easily their teams who are interested in translation projects and manage their time efficiently.
By ordering the priorities of the teams in the time plane, project managers contribute to them to achieve their work more effective. In this way, the works with priority to complete, could be finished without postponing in time.
İVOGSAN PAYS ATTENTION TO TIME MANAGEMENT.
İvogsan International Language Services Provider pays attention to completion time in every project it receives. Thanks to the project managers with which we work, we measure our time good and use efficiently. We set our priorities and act within the scope of a specific program in each translation which we do. It doesn't matter wherever you are in the world, we make our business plan according to you. That's why, we are being preferred by a lot of translation agencies.
It is quite significant to use technology for timely and effective translation. Today, there are various programs in order to make the works be performed quicker for numerous areas. The programs such as CAT, are also available for the translation sector. We, as İvogsan International Language Services Provider, keep up these technological developments closely and use these programs in all our translation works. In this way, we reach the fastest translation with the most secure methods.
For timely delivery and best translation projects, preferring İvogsan International Language Services Provider will benefit you and your customers who wish to receive translation services. You can contact us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you can translate from all languages into Turkish and from Turkish into all languages. With İvogsan, you can reach quality translation in a short time.